Pakistan’s Stand Against Cross-Border Terror
By Junaid Qaiser The recent intelligence-based strikes carried out by Pakistan against terrorist hideouts along the Pak–Afghan border underline a…
When Citizens Become Defenders
By Sajid Anwar Wardak On the night of the 14th, August 2025, militants ambushed a police Quick Response Force vehicle…
FROM SILENT ROADS TO STARRY SKIES
The Journey of Yusra Jamsheed In my mountain village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, I used to wake with the first call…
From Commitment to Retreat: India’s Dual Policies Laid Bare at Chabahar
(Abdul Basit Alvi) India’s abrupt withdrawal from the Chabahar port project is increasingly interpreted as a reactive retreat triggered by…
Justice Qazi Faez Isa: Constitutional Discipline Over Political Outcome
Barrister Usman Ali, Ph.D. In Pakistan’s constitutional history, judicial decisions are rarely judged by their reasoning alone. They are measured…
Rule of Law or Street Justice?
(Muhammad Anwar) Crime is not something new. What makes a country work well is not that it has zero crime,…
A Bankrupt Public. A Gulfstream Government.
Written by… Barrister Sara Ali Syed While citizens are lectured about austerity, belt-tightening, and sacrifice, a 2019 Gulfstream GVII-G500 —…
The Best Interests of the Child and Our Digital Responsibility
By Ali Hassan Takkar The hallmark of any civilized society lies in the extent to which it protects the rights,…
The Incarceration-Acquittal Paradox: Procedural Erasure and the Shadow Conviction in Pakistan’s Criminal Justice System
ABSTRACT The conventional legal definition of a wrongful conviction. a final judicial error resulting in a guilty verdict which fails…
Pakistan: From Strategic Relevance to Sustainable Stability
Barrister Usman Ali, Ph.D. Not long ago, Pakistan appeared increasingly isolated on the global stage, diplomatically constrained, economically fragile, and…